PHP - Use range() as value for Array

Question

I've seen a few example here on stack but they don't seem to cover this scenario.

I'm attempting this;

$flight_range = array(
                    array('range' => range(1,50),  'service' => 'Long Haul'),
                    array('range' => range(51,54), 'service' => 'Short Haul'),
                    ....
                 );

but PHP won't let me. It returns;

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(', expecting ')' on line 02

This does not work either;

array(range(1,50), range(51,54) ...

The problem is with trying to assign a value of range().

I have 20+ sets of range values to assign.

Can anyone suggest an easy method for achieving these sorts of array values?

EDIT; haike00, Jack and Sean are right.

Maybe my question should be how do i make $flight_range a member variable of a class;

private $flight_range = array(array('range' => range(1,50), 'service' => 'Long Haul'));

Is this array declared at the very top of your script? It does not look like this is where the error lies. Try making only this array in a new script and do a print_r again. — LightYearsBehind
– LightYearsBehind, Commented May 6, 2013 at 3:41
There must be another issue in your script. Your posted code works - see this phpfiddle - phpfiddle.org/main/code/sfb-6v6 — Sean
– Sean, Commented May 6, 2013 at 3:50
go to the line where the error occurs according to parsing error.. then copy/paste that line here. Those .... does not help much. — user1299518
– user1299518, Commented May 6, 2013 at 4:07

Jacob Chappell · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-06 04:07:17Z

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What is the problem with doing this in your constructor?

class MyClass {
        private $flight_range;

        public function __construct() {
                $this->flight_range = array(
                        array(
                                'range' => range( 1, 50 ),
                                'service' => 'Long Haul'
                        )
                );
        }
}

answered May 6, 2013 at 4:07

Jacob Chappell

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Shane Over a year ago

Nothing. Thanks Jacob. I was assigning values to the members in their declaration. class my_class { private $flight_range = 'blah blah'; public function __construct() { ... do some contruct stuff here ... } } Seems that doesn't work in this case. Thank you all.

Rajendra Yadav · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-06 05:15:48Z

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Its working fine on my end.

$flight_range = array(
               array('range' => range(1,50) ,  'service' => 'Long Haul'),                 array('range' => range(51,54),'service' => 'Short Haul'));

 print_r($flight_range);

Just copy and paste above code and run it.

edited May 6, 2013 at 5:15

answered May 6, 2013 at 5:10

Rajendra Yadav

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Ja͢ck Over a year ago

This should be a comment. And there are at least two comments that say the same thing.

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